Baseball May Have Acted Together In Not Signing Bonds

Thursday Oct. 16, 2008NEW YORK (AP) -- The baseball players' union says it has foundevidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but itreached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay thefiling of any grievance.

The union expressed concern in May about the lack of offers tothe home-run king. Filing a grievance would trigger proceedingsbefore arbitrator Shyam Das.

Bonds was indicted last Nov. 15 on charges related to 2003 grandjury testimony during which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. No team signed Bonds when he became a free agent after the 2007 season. Union general counsel Michael Weiner confirmed the deal with Major League Baseball, which was first reported by murraychass.com.

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